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Battlefield 3 is a shooter and action game developed by EA Digital Illusions CE. It is part of the Battlefield franchise and utilizes the Frostbite engine. The title supports single player, multiplayer, and co-operative game modes. It was released on PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3, with later availability on Xbox One. The game carries a Mature ESRB rating.
The game was published in late 2011, with specific release dates recorded as October 25, October 27, October 28, and November 2. It has sold 5,000,000 units. Review scores include 89/100, 8/10, 85/100, and 84/100. A Metacritic score of 86 is listed, alongside a user rating of 4.08. Another source provides a rating of 80 based on 1,063 counts and a critic rating of 85 from 10 counts.
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Game data
Metacritic 86- Released
- 2011-10-25
- User rating
- 4.08 / 5
- Genres
- Shooter, Action
- Platforms
- PC, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
- ESRB
- Mature
via RAWG
Game details · IGDB
In Battlefield 3, players step into the role of the elite U.S. Marines. As the first boots on the ground, players will experience heart-pounding missions across diverse locations including Paris, Tehran and New York. As a U.S. Marine in the field, periods of tension and anticipation are punctuated by moments of complete chaos. As bullets whiz by, as walls crumble, as explosions force players to the ground, the battlefield feels more alive and interactive than ever before.
- Released
- 2011
- Genres
- Shooter
- Platforms
- PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
- Game modes
- Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
- Engine
- Frostbite
- Franchise
- Battlefield
- Developer
- EA Digital Illusions CE
- Publisher
- Electronic Arts
Key facts
- Developer
- DICE
- Publisher
- Electronic Arts
- Director
- Tom Keegan
- Producers
- Aleksander Grøndal, Lo Wallmo
- Writers
- David Goldfarb, Adrian Vershinin
- Composers
- Johan Skugge, Jukka Rintamäki
- Series
- Battlefield
- Engine
- Frostbite 2
- Platforms
- Microsoft Windows , Xbox 360 , PlayStation 3
- Release
- NA : October 25, 2011 AU : October 27, 2011 EU : October 28, 2011
- Genre
- First-person shooter
- Modes
- Single-player , multiplayer
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
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Encyclopedic overview
Battlefield 3 is a 2011 first-person shooter game developed by DICE and published by Electronic Arts. It is the twelfth installment in the Battlefield series and a sequel to Battlefield 2 (2005). The game was released on Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in October 2011. The campaign takes place in various locations and follows the stories of two characters, Henry Blackburn, a U.S. Marine and Dimitri Mayakovsky, a Spetsnaz GRU operative.
Development on the game began in 2009 after the release of Battlefield 1943. DICE employed an upgraded version of the Frostbite game engine to present realistic and engaging graphics. An open beta was presented forty-eight hours before it was released to gamers who pre-ordered Medal of Honor Limited Edition.
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